Mark Baker

(b. 15 December 1962). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. B. Te Awamutu, New Zealand. B. A. in Anthropology from Auckland University. Yoshinkan Aikido Shidoin. Relocated to Japan in 1985. Began training at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in 1986. Later joined the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo in 1987. Played an active role as a member of the INTERNATIONAL YOSHINKAI AIKIDO FEDERATION committee. Member of the staff of Aikido Yoshinkan International magazine. Instructor of foreigners’ course at Yoshinkan Hombu. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161 Japan (03)368-5556.